The invention provides a lactobacillus plantarum exopolysaccharide. According to the exopolysaccharide, sugar units in the molecular structure are only xylose and galactose, the galactose accounts for 98%, and the exopolysaccharide belongs to a lactobacillus plantarum exopolysaccharide of a brand new structure. Meanwhile, the invention provides a method for preparing the exopolysaccharide. The method comprises the following steps: precipitating polysaccharides in lactobacillus plantarum fermentation solution by ethanol, dialyzing to remove small molecules, removing nucleic acid and protein impurities by the enzymolysis methods; precipitating impurity proteins by trichloroacetic acid, performing solid-liquid separation, taking the supernatant, and performing dialysis, thereby obtaining the purified target polysaccharide. According to the method, due to the property of the target polysaccharide and impurity component design process parameters of lactobacillus plantarum fermentation solution, the temperature and pH conditions are mild, purification methods capable of possibly breaking polysaccharide cross-linked bonds such as ultrafiltration are avoided, and integrity of polysaccharide glycosidic bonds and secondary structures is effectively guaranteed. The polysaccharide prepared by the method is high in purity and yield and lays a foundation for subsequent performance analysis and industrial application.